Vasco Pedro
FounderFounder at Spinnable · Founder/CEO at Unbabel
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
FoundedSpinnableUnbabel · YC
About
Vasco Pedro is the co-founder and CEO of Unbabel, which combines AI with human translation services. He founded the company in 2013 and has raised over $100 million in funding.
Founder at Spinnable
Intro paths
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Spinnable's investors · 1
Founder/CEO at UnbabelYC W14
Intro paths
YC
Vasco went through Y Combinator (Winter 2014) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Unbabel's investors · 17
Amino CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $10M checksCaixa CapitalLisbon · since 2017FaberLisbon · $2.7M checksFunders Club ManagementSan Francisco · since 2017FundersClubSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checksGreycroftNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2019Indico Capital PartnersLisbon · $250K – $10M checks · since 2019M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Seattle · $100K – $10M checks · since 2017MatrixSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checksNotion CapitalLondon · $1M – $100M checks · since 2017Point72 VenturesNew York · $1M – $75M checks · since 2019Salesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checks · since 2017Samsung NextSan Jose · $100K – $5M checks · since 2017Scale Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $5M – $25M checks · since 2017Shilling VCLisbon · $108K – $1.1M checksWorkday VenturesSan FranciscoY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2014
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Co-founders at Unbabel
Experience
- Spinnable AIFounder and CEOcurrent2025 — presentLisbon, Portugal
- ReplaiInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- Beta-i - Associação para a Promoção da Inovação e do EmpreendedorismoMentor and Associate2011 — 2025Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- UnbabelCo-founder and CEO2013 — 2025Lisbon, Portugal
- Dezine.comCo-founder2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area; New York City; Lisbon, Portugal
- The Founder InstituteMentor2012 — 2013Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Instituto Superior TécnicoResearch Assistant Professor2011 — 2012Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Bueda, IncCo-Founder and CEO2009 — 2012
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityInvited Researcher2009 — 2011
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearch Assistant2001 — 2009
- GoogleIntern2007
- Siemens Medical SolutionsResearch Intern2007
- Honda ResearchResearch Intern2004
- Neuronio LtdSoftware Engineer1999 — 2001
Skills & more
Python44MongoDB12Java20JavaScript24MySQL14C#9Linux4PHP6Databases17NLP11Algorithms99Machine Learning59
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Start-upsTeam BuildingDistributed Team ManagementEntrepreneurshipLean StartupComputer ScienceProgrammingSoftware DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentArtificial IntelligenceMobile ApplicationsSoftware EngineeringLanguages English · Portuguese · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vasco Pedro?
- Vasco Pedro is the co-founder and CEO of Unbabel, which combines AI with human translation services. He founded the company in 2013 and has raised over $100 million in funding.
- Where does Vasco Pedro work?
- Vasco Pedro is Founder of Spinnable and Founder/CEO at Unbabel.
- What companies did Vasco Pedro found?
- Vasco Pedro founded Spinnable, Unbabel.
- Where did Vasco Pedro go to school?
- Vasco Pedro studied at Carnegie Mellon University (PhD, Language Technologies); Y Combinator; Carnegie Mellon University (Master of Science, Language Technologies).
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